Chemical and behavioral defenses of a neotropical cavernicolous harvestman: Goniosoma spelaeum (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Gnaspini, Pedro ^a   Cavalheiro, Alberto José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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